NYU Adjuncts Would Get Better Pay and Benefits Under Proposed Contract

By DAN CARNEVALE

About 2,300 part-time instructors at New York University would
receive pay raises, and, for the first time, health benefits,
pension contributions, and some job security under their proposed
first contract with the university.

Details of the contract, which was approved by negotiators for
the university and the adjunct instructors' union last month, were
made public recently. Union leaders have scheduled informational
meetings about the contract and have urged members to ratify
the